Connect to Work Project Manager
Connect to Work Project Manager
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary:47694 - 52155
Working Hours:37 per week
Contract Type:Fixed term until 31st March 2030
Closing Date: 17th July 2025
Interview Date(s): 24th and 25th July 2025
Leicestershire County Councils Adult Learning Service is seeking a highly motivated Project Manager to lead and oversee the effective and efficient delivery of the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) offer for adults across Leicestershire.
About the Role
Connect to Work aims to support disabled people people with health conditions and people from disadvantaged groups with multiple and complex barriers to move into and maintain employment.
The Connect to Work Manager will:
Ensure excellent communication of the project(s) aims and objectives to key partners to ensure the programme is widely understood internally and externally by all stakeholders including senior leaders in LCC.
Identify and engage employers project partners groups and individuals in the community including specified groups to ensure the target audience have access to high quality employment information advice guidance and support (in line with Matrix Standards) to meet programme aims.
Ensure that the priority areas of work identified are delivered on time and within budget to ensure programme objectives and outcomes are achieved.
Identify liaise and build excellent relationships with relevant partners across Leicestershire and offer bespoke projects as necessary across the County to ensure consistent high-quality support to job seeking individuals. Furthermore this will include the need to work closely with the wider LALS curriculum team to optimise the learning offer.
Take the lead on developing and maintaining accessible client and partner feedback systems and data collection processes and procedures to ensure accessible high quality and appropriate programmes courses and referral pathways are offered.
Report to the Connect to Work Project Board providing accurate and timely updates on progress against agreed outcomes and milestones and identify any risks and mitigating actions.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Andrew Day - Senior Adult Learning Manager (Skills)
Telephone: 0
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Contract
